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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

As I write this, I am mourning my independence...my peaceful household......sleeping through the night.....

Yes, people, I am talking the "P" word.

No, not "pregnant".......

"Puppy".

Pooping, peeing puppy.

As with any other unexpected family additions, you're saying:

"How did this happen?" "Don't you already have one?"

and this is what they said to Britney. And look what happened to her.

A month from now I'll be shaving my head and taking career advice from sketchy middle-Eastern con-men.

Where was I. Oh yeah- how DID this happen. All I know is my husband went back to Connecticut to visit our still-unsold house and the next thing I know he's talking about memories and time flying and fleeting childhoods and I'm pretty sure Kodak was in there somewhere, and somehow this all translated into getting the kids a puppy for Christmas.

He thinks it'll be great fun for our standard poodle too - which is kind of like telling me that he's bringing Vanessa Hudgens home to live with us and I'll love it cuz we can play together.

Also, it's going to be LARGE dog. Disguised as a small dog. Like one of those drop-in-a-glass-of-water "Crazy-Gro" dinosaurs.

You are so brave! I am such a 'small dog person' You know? The ones who don't get any bigger than cats? I'm not good with naming pets, we kept the one our adopted dog came with! How lame is that?How about Sarge? Sasquatch? or Yukon? See? I told you I'm no good!! LOL

How did this happen? Did you learn nothing from my sleepless nights? Enough of the lecture... What kind of dog is he anyway? He sure is a cute pup, but I don't think I've ever seen that breed of bear. Also, would you be willing to share your poodle's name- I think I could help better with that info. Maybe I'll tweet you.

Like getting a bear?! BWHAHAHA. Well, we just adopted a super mutt, after searching for a Boxer that the boys wanted to name Zeus. But were Greek, and you don't seem to be, so I would say it's more apropo for you guys. Good luck, those effers crap every where.

I like swirl girl's Murray suggestion. Our family n ames the pets like they are people, we have Henry Cooper and Shelby Elizabeth. If they don't have a middle name, how do they know when they are in trouble?

Is that a schnauzer? I love him!! We have a black miniature schnauzer named Holly Golightly (after Audrey's character in Breakfast at Tiffany's). I am terrible at names but had to comment - I love schnauzers!!

Steph took my suggestion with DeeOhhGee. Or you could go extreme opposite and call him Cat.Buster? Midget? Ronald? McDonald?When I see a standard poodle, I always imagine their name is Coco. It's so she-she.but they are so cute!

Wow! Had I known you were getting a puppy I would have thrown you a shower! I even would have made you a little diaper cake out of puppy pee pads (I have so many left over from this time last year when we were going through the same exact thing with our Goldendoodle puppy!) and milk bones!

I think he's going to be beautiful! I'm all about big dogs! And even though we have a Goldendoodle, we're still getting a Newfie. Now THAT's a bear of a dog. *lol*

OH! Before I forget...if you read/hear/someone tells you about "bell training" your dog...it's an awesome idea! Unless you have cats.

We have two huge tumbleweeds that resemble and act like cats. When we first brought Casey home from the breeder we were ALL ABOUT bell training him. And it worked for about two weeks until the cats discovered the bells hanging from the rear slider and front doors. Then they started playing with the damned bells and screwing with Casey, which just confused him and he ended up peeing all over the place!

Anyhow, he's crate trained and whilst the bell training had to be tossed he hasn't had an accident in the house in almost 6 months.

oh my he is going to be a big dog. y'all are brave, my kids keep begging and beggin for a dog, I'd like one but my youngest just started sleeping through the night and still have lots of potty training to do...kudos to y'all.

At my last job we had a client who had that exact kind of dog. He was HUGE. His back was to my waist. And he would ride in the front seat of a Jeep. He just jumped through the freaking window to get in. THE WINDOW! Good luck with baby Tricerotops (I can't spell lol)

OK, that's awesome. We have two puppies right now (since March) and they're still under a year old. Something tells me they will ALWAYS be under a year old. [sigh] Yes, they are slowly and methodically killing me.

So we named the beagle pup Winston (for Churchill)...but later I realized that I'd overlooked a kick-ass doggie name. And so I present it to you, dear Sue:

"Angus."

Yes. And if you're an AC/DC fan, then bonus on you.

Enjoy, and if your experience is anything like mine, take a moment to bid farewell to the corners of any custom-made rugs you might have lying around the house.

I just found your blog. And I'm already in love. Is that a giant schnauzer?! my favorite! actually, I have a miniature schnauzer, but I want a giant one too! I think that would be so much fun. Anyway, I'm horrible at naming things. My dog's name is Tobey. If I got another one I was tossing around the name Rudy, and I had others but I forgot...I'll try to think of them and get back to you. please post pictures when you get him!!! :)

if those are my only options, I have to say Zeus (I am very partial to greek mythological names) not so much Norse. Who effin' cares though it is what you want. I did have to lol (well, inside) at Barack.

You could name him Twitter but it would seem like a mammoth dog like that needs a better fitting name.

We got a new puppy as well for "Christmas" supposedly he is supposed to be mine but I remember my requirements being a yorkie with a pink bag a pink bow and pink leach and collar. Instead I got a red chi-weenie who is a male. Oh well at least he will stay small and he too is a new addition to our Cocoa. He is supposed to be there to keep Cocoa busy and company whilewe are gone, but so far all I see is dog fight's. Good luck with your new addition and I hope you find the perfect name. I named our's Bailey cause I just love the name and Kahlua sounded to girly for me.

dude, I did a post almost just like this on my blog last week only mine was about a kitten and not as funny as yours...AND I offered a prize if I used the suggestion....I got like 4 or 5 comments..SERIOUSLY....what's up with that?

I need to SEE the actual puppy to help name it....but I like Jonas too...except now that you guys are on the 'outs' maybe notsomuch. How about Samson or Tucker?

That's not a large dog. My husband told me he was bring home a puppy six weeks before he deployed and I got a 45 lbs. puppy which is twice as much as my child! Now my husband has been gone for two months and the "puppy" is 75 lbs!!